Any company of the Department may request removal of a Department officer. It shall do so by notifying the Secretary of the Department, in writing, of its request and by setting forth therein the reasons for said request. Within five business days of the receipt of said request, the President of the Department shall assemble a panel as constituted in accordance with § 41-28 of this chapter. Said panel will meet within the next succeeding five business days and shall assess the validity of the reasons for the request for removal and whether the stated reasons are sufficient to continue with the procedure for removal. Should the panel determine that the reasons for the requested removal are invalid or insufficient, it shall direct the Department Secretary to so notify the requesting company, in writing, within five business days thereafter. Upon such notification the matter shall be terminated.
If any officer designated to be a member of the above-referred panel
shall himself be a subject of the request for removal, then the next
succeeding Department officer or Department delegate, as appropriate,
shall be designated to replace the subject individual as a panel member.
If the panel should decide that there appear to be sufficient grounds
stated and that said grounds appear to be valid, it shall direct the
Department Secretary to notify each company, in writing, of the reasons
and grounds originally stated in the request for removal and a complete
transcript of the minutes of the meeting wherein it reached its decision.
Such shall be done within 10 business days of the panel meeting. Within
15 business days thereafter the following shall occur:
The Chief shall hold a special recall election at a time and place, within the Department, determined by himself and in accordance with this section. Eligibility to vote in said recall election shall be as prescribed in § 41-8A(2) of this chapter.
In the case of a Department administrative officer, the President
of the Department shall hold a special recall election at a time and
place, within the Department, determined by himself and in accordance
with this section. Those qualified to vote shall be eligible to vote
their alternates, as shall have been named and so designated to the
Department Secretary at least one day prior to the original request
for recall.
A 2/3 majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to effect recall.
Abstentions or defaced ballots shall not be considered as having been
cast in this election. Fractional requirements shall be rounded to
the next highest requirement.